Why Has Waymo Taken So Long to Commercialize Autonomous Taxis?
In November 2017, Waymo GOOG announced it was testing autonomous cars in Phoenix, without drivers behind the steering wheels but with safety engineers in the back seats. Next, the company plans to commercialize a ridesharing service.
According to data from the California Department of Motor Vehicles,1 Waymo’s cars are improving rapidly enough to support a commercial launch within the next two years. The same data, however, also suggest that Waymo will... [Lire la suite]

Huawei uses Mate 10 Pro AI to control driverless car
The RoadReader project has seen Huawei use the automatic object recognition capabilities in its Mate 10 Pro handset to recognise, learn, and avoid objects while driving an autonomous vehicle
Huawei has extended its artificial intelligence (AI) interests into the realm of driverless vehicles, announcing on Thursday that it has used an AI-powered smartphone to drive a car.
Under its RoadReader project, Huawei said it has used its Mate 10 Pro device to conduct... [Lire la suite]

Advanced Driver Assistant System Threats, Requirements, Security Solutions
This paper discusses security vulnerabilities and potential solutions for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). We introduce ADAS system architecture and present use cases. We further provide detailed threat analysis of two leading ADAS use cases: (1) lane departure warning and (2) adaptive cruise control. Based on threat analysis results we identify security problem areas and state security requirements for each. We devote the last part of this paper to... [Lire la suite]

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) Market - Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2017 - 2022)
BREAKING NEWS: Samsung, one of the largest smartphone manufacturers, plans to enter the connected car market. The company has established a Samsung automotive innovation fund of about USD 300 million to invest in tech startups and has already invested in TTTech, an Austria- based safety software and platform creator. Similarly, since the beginning of 2017, Ford and Volkswagen have also invested USD 1 billion and USD 180 million,... [Lire la suite]

Why Can't Uber Make Money?
By any measure, Uber’s seven-year entrepreneurial journey has been extraordinary. No venture has ever raised more capital, grown as fast, operated more globally, reached as lofty a valuation -- or lost as much money as Uber.
Last month, Uber reported a third-quarter loss of nearly $1.5 billion, bringing its 2017 year-to-date red ink to $3.2 billion. Losses of this magnitude are clearly not sustainable, and call for an explanation of why Uber has been unable to rein in ballooning costs and what it will need... [Lire la suite]

Low CPU consumption road detection and free space detection running in real time on a regular smartphone : RoadNex
The company NEXYAD showed to its partners and customers at CES 2018 in Las Vegas the RoadNex road detection system running on a regular smartphone (using CPU and camera of the smartphone). RoadNex detectes two things, independently :
. borders of the lane : borders may be road markings, other cars, construction area signs, pedestrians, bicycle, ...
. free space : part of the world ahead that is flat and drivable... [Lire la suite]

Safety and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems in the 2018 Maserati Ghibli
2018 Maserati Ghibli Advanced Driver Assistance and Safety Systems
With great power and performance comes great responsibility. That’s why the new 2018 Maserati Ghibli comes packed to the brim with all of the advanced safety and driver assistance features drivers need to feel safe behind the wheel.
Offering a wide variety of active and passive safety features, not only will the 2018 Maserati Ghibliprotect its driver and passengers in the event of a... [Lire la suite]

The Rise of Autonomous Vehicles: Planning for Deployment Not Just Development
This year opens to a landscape of autonomous vehicle expectations that are both exciting and sobering. By now, we are accustomed to seeing automated vehicle technology improve rapidly, and announcements from innovators are losing their novelty. We also hear a growing concern that the technology may not perform as promised, or that it might make urban transportation problems worse. Will it threaten transit, increase congestion, or begin an accelerated... [Lire la suite]

Tesla’s Autopilot is supposed to deliver full self-driving, so why does it feel stuck in the past?
A year ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk stunned the automotive world by announcing that henceforth, all of his company’s vehicles would be shipped with the hardware necessary for “full self-driving.” By 2019, Tesla drivers would be able to sleep in their cars, he suggested. Musk one-upped that a few months later, vowing to demonstrate a completely autonomous, cross-country trip in a Tesla by the end of 2017.
But since then, the... [Lire la suite]

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